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With exhibition space housed in a modestly sized former corner grocery in the St. Roch neighborhood, the New Orleans-based Staple Goods collective felt it appropriate to employ the historical use of our property as the point of departure for the Expose project, currently on view at the Contemporary Arts Center. With the collective being under a year old, it seemed a timely and formational opportunity to explore the relationship between cultural and necessary goods (such as groceries).
The objects and imagery revealed by cutouts in the grocery signage of our window display are intended to flirt the line between art object and staple good, with a portion of the installation materials having origin as grocery items.
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Sarah House’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Current, opens tonight, Friday March 23rd.
Place: Carroll Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University
Time: 5:30-7:30
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Houston-based Dario Robleto is a conceptual artist creating intricately handcrafted objects that reflect his exploration of music, popular culture, science, war and American history.
Inspired by his visits to New Orleans, Robleto focuses on the transference of music across multiple generations. His show opens March 23, 2012 at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
above: The Minor Chords are Ours, 2010. Vintage mason jars, vintage wooden spools, stretched audio tape, minor chords, linseed oil, willow. The minor chords from a family’s 60-year record collection were isolated to audio tape, stretched into thread, and spooled. 60 x 23 x 23 inches
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New Orleans multifaceted artist, puppeteer and creator of worlds, Miss Pussycat is a true creative force. From her collaborative performances with Quintron, her hyper-stylized films and photography of her characters and their lives, we take this time to celebrate her.
above: Photo by Jonathan Traviesa.
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New Orleans arts collective, Parse recently created a window installation for the opening of EXPOSE at the Contemporary Arts Center, entitled Mantenme, celebrating the symbiosis of man and mountain.
The above video, filmed by Andrew Shrock documents the process of building and installing their finished piece.
above: Mantenme, 2012. Ricardo Barba, Andrew Schrock and Margot Walsh. Installation view at CAC.
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Inspired by the forms and forces of nature, Lin Emery’s undulating kinetic sculpture—constructed of highly polished abstract metal shapes—adorns museums and outdoor public spaces around the world. The flowing motion of her structures are also propelled by natural forces; she began using water to power her structures 30 years ago and later utilized wind to also generate movement in her creations. The resulting revolving, twirling, and linked elements evoke plants, trees, clouds, or water.
Her publication entitled Lin Emery, covers the life and majestic sculptures created during a career of nearly 60 years from her education working in clay under Ossip Zadkine in Paris, to her move in the 1950s to New Orleans and her explorations in bronze, aluminum, nickel, and other metals.
